Friend your talking to a man who loads target velocity bullets and roundball shot in revolvers at 12 to 36 yards. All of my hand guns have the potential to shoot better than I can hold. (when I’m in doubt I ask a sharpshooting buddy to throw a few down range) he usually proves me right. Don’t get me wrong I’m no mediocre pistoleer I just like to think I’m just practical.Technically you can use special dies to bump the bore riding portion of a bullet to better fit your particular barrel bullet combinationand increase accuracy (not a critisism just another fun fact comment). Do what works best for you.
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Just a comment on a valid reason to put pressure on the nose of a bullet.. Welcome to the forum.Friend your talking to a man who loads target velocity bullets and roundball shot in revolvers at 12 to 36 yards. All of my hand guns have the potential to shoot better than I can hold. (when I’m in doubt I ask a sharpshooting buddy to throw a few down range) he usually proves me right. Don’t get me wrong I’m no mediocre pistoleer I just like to think I’m just practical.
I adopted lees approach to lube sizing, and slowly changing over to their tumble lube style bullets out of shear boredom of doing the lub/sizing by the onesies with my RCBS lube/sizer.
Competition shooters and hunters, 100% agreement there are better methods and equipment available .
Rotary tumbler, pins or no pins or vibrating tumbler media or no media.Won't matter if you put them in a tumbler.
If the sprue was sideways wouldn't it get shaved off while loading? Or would it not load because the sprue is too tough? Asking because I have never shot or loaded a BP revolverFor you single shot guys. It’s an easy choice.
loading a revolver it’s not all that easy to get the fiddly little round ball seated in the narrow opening provided, at least not with my less than nimble fingers then repeat it 5 more times. Up down even side ways on occasion.
Shooting one of my single shot with patch it’s so easy even a cave man could do it.
whenn you load the round ball , sprue up, the ball starter reforms the bullet to round. try it and then air push yhe bellet out and take a look at it. not much of a sprue.Easier to see if it is centered if the sprue is up, seating it may flatten it slightly.
Ultimately, it's not the wrong way if the ball comes out when fired and hits the target pretty close to where it was aimed.I load with the sprue down because when I started I didn't know no better and that is how I do it. One day my shooting buddy was watching me and he told me I had to load with the sprue up. When asked why he told me so it won't get stuck in the bore if the ball turns while going down the bore. So it took me about three seconds to realize that the ball cannot turn when gripped tight by the patch. So I told him he was full of hot air and continued on my way. I had been loading rifles for about 25 years by the time I was told it was the wrong way. I don't think it makes any difference which way, up or down. I'm talking about loading a rifle. Maybe I should have read the entire thread before posting. To late...
Good point. Were it positioned just right it would indeed get shaved. Depending on one’s mold the sprue could be just a slightly flat spot on the ball on an actual protuberance of lead. For example a .454 Lee mold leaves a noticeable slightly, very slightly, raised bump.If the sprue was sideways wouldn't it get shaved off while loading? Or would it not load because the sprue is too tough? Asking because I have never shot or loaded a BP revolver
Tell that to any golf pro and see what he says.Dimples on a ball do not matter either, another useless myth.
Again, I have to ask, just how tight is your smoothbore load that you are smashing the sprue, and even that you need a starter?whenn you load the round ball , sprue up, the ball starter reforms the bullet to round. try it and then air push yhe bellet out and take a look at it. not much of a sprue.
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